GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| parlance | speech |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |